Pakistan Economic Indicators

KARACHI: Pakistan Economic Indicators - Wednesday (December 2, 2020).

=================================================================DAILY INDICATORS=================================================================                                     WEDNESDAY           PREVIOUS=================================================================Floating Interbank Rate (Rs/$)   160.30/160.40      159.75/159.85Rupee/US$ (kerb market)                 160.40             159.70Karachi 100-share Index              42,027.38          41,665.27Gold (Karachi) Rs/10 gm              94,993.13          93,621.30-----------------------------------------------------------------CENTRAL BANK AUCTIONS-----------------------------------------------------------------Treasury bill auction results:-----------------------------------------------------------------Cut-off yield (pct) at auction on       Oct 18              Oct 5Three-month bills                       7.1525             7.1597Six-month bills                         7.1998             7.200012-month bills                          7.2498             7.2900-----------------------------------------------------------------Pakistan Investment Bond (PIB) auction results-----------------------------------------------------------------Cut-off yield (pct) at auction on       Nov 11              Nov 5-----------------------------------------------------------------Three-year PIB                          8.2400      Bids rejectedFive-year PIB                           9.9800      Bids rejected10-year PIB                            10.5498      Bids rejected20-Year PIB                            10.0000            10.0000-----------------------------------------------------------------WEEKLY INDICATORS-----------------------------------------------------------------Week ending                             Nov 20                PVS-----------------------------------------------------------------Total liquid forex reserves         $20,552.4m       $20,085.6mlnForex held by central bank          $13,415.5m       $12,931.2mlnForex held by commercial banks       $7,136.9m        $7,154.4mln-----------------------------------------------------------------MONTHLY INDICATORS-----------------------------------------------------------------Consumer price index                      LAST                PVS-----------------------------------------------------------------Change mth/mth (pct) Nov                   0.8                1.7Change yr/yr (pct) Nov                     8.3                8.9Wholesale price index NovChange mth/mth (pct) Nov                   0.9                2.9Change yr/yr (pct) Nov                     5.0                5.1Trade Balance Nov                          N/A                N/AExports Nov                                N/A                N/AImports Nov                                N/A                N/A-----------------------------------------------------------------ANNUAL INDICATORS-----------------------------------------------------------------FISCAL YEAR                            2020/21            2019/20-----------------------------------------------------------------Population (millions)              207,774,520        207,774,520Per capita income                          N/A             $1,433External debt (billion rupees)        17,000.0           15,087.5Domestic debt (billion rupees)         23.5 tr           22,649.9Gross domestic product growth          1.0 pct           1.33 pctManufacturing sector growth               -5.4              5 pctServices sector growth                    -0.6                N/AAgricultural sector growth            2.67 pct            4.1 pctCommodity producing sector growth          N/A                N/AAverage consumer price inflation     11.11 pct                N/AFiscal deficit (pct of GDP)            8.1 pct            5.8 pctTrade balance (FBS July-June)        $-1,740bn          $-1,673bnExports                                    N/A          $147,000mImports                                    N/A          $235,295mCurrent a/c deficit                      $792m            $2.97bn=================================================================

• = Provisional

SBP = State Bank of Pakistan

FBS = Federal Bureau of Statistics